What can we imagine for 2023? … Looking ahead, I’m hoping for a rise in returning energy. 2022 has held quiet moments of intense beauty.
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Happy New Year! — #berkshireweekend
I’m southeast of the Berkshires this week with my family for the holidays — we’re taking a walk to the pond to look for the beaver lodges or sitting by the fireplace …
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Joyful holidays from all across the Berkshires — #berkshireweekend
We were talking about music and finding beauty even when it isn’t easy, and translations and the layers of meaning you only hear when you know the original words … and I thought, gifts can come in many forms.
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Winterlights glow on full-moon nights — #berkshireweekend
Coming up the hill, you can see the house gleaming in the distance and the birches shining like candy canes all along the Blue Stairs. Naumkeag is decked out again in Winterlights.
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Fresh bread on rainy mornings – #berkshireweekend
Ice Glen feels like its own world. You walk through a gap in the rock, and the land changes — steps and caves, boulders covered with moss and fern.
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Riding a brand new roller coaster — #berkshireweekend
The sun is setting early outside the long mill windows at Mass MoCA, and the ridges turn the color of E.J. Hill’s roller coaster tracks.
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Hot coffee and the swish of leaves — #Berkshireweekend
Where the Hoosic River and the Green River meet, the late maples are gold and sifting down along the bank. You can walk through them ankle deep and stir up the mild sweet mushroom scent.
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Time turns in the season of ghosts and pumpkins — #Berkshireweekend
The world is turning bare in the sunlight. A few days ago the temperature fell below freezing, and the hillsides changed shape overnight. Time is turning …
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Where to catch falling leaves in the sun — #Berkshireweekend
My nephew asks me why I don’t live in California. He’s three years old, and he means he’d like to see me, and I’d like to see him too. But how can I explain to someone on the West Coast why I live here?
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Magical mystery tours are waiting to take you away (#berkshireweekend)
A luna moth made out of firelight is glimmering in the leaves. Jack o-lanterns hang like lanterns, carved with petals and wings …
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